USD Magazine, Summer 1997

T he David W. May Gallery for– mally opened at USD on May 10 with its premiere exhibition, "Masterpieces from the May Collection." Bequeathed to USD by Zama May in honor of her son, David May, a former USD student who died of cancer at age 22, the May collection of more than 1,600 Indian artifacts encom– passes ancient and contemporary treasures from the Navajo peoples and some Pueblo peoples (Hopi, Zuni and others) . The May family shared a love of the U.S. Southwest and a passion for American Indian culture and traditions. Zama May asked USD to use the treasures to help educate students and to foster an appreciation of the cultural history of the American Southwest. To celebrate the opening of the exhibi– tion and the gallery in Founders Hall, a reception featured performances by Native American artists, such as Kim Flying Eagle (pictured right). Joe Ben Jr., a Navajo philoso– pher and sandpainter, capped the day with a lecture on "Continuing the Role of Artist in Two Cultures."

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